It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produce a calorie of food. From the standpoint of industrial efficiency, it's too bad we can't simply drink the petroleum directly, because there's a lot less energy in a bushel of corn (measured in calories) than there is in the half gallon or so of oil required to produce it. Ecologically this is a fabulously expensive way to produce food.
—from The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, a book by Michael Pollan
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| 24014. | tris (trisywc) | 71.07 | 98% | 2022-07-20 |
| 24015. | Stephen (stephenmorganx) | 71.07 | 92% | 2016-05-20 |
| 24016. | Platy (platypus517) | 71.07 | 94% | 2016-03-16 |
| 24017. | Heather (bowlinprincess) | 71.07 | 96% | 2011-05-13 |
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| 24019. | sutheman (sutheman) | 71.06 | 96% | 2024-03-28 |
| 24020. | John (kingpigeon) | 71.06 | 98% | 2024-03-12 |
| 24021. | Robert Joe (robertjoep) | 71.06 | 95% | 2013-01-22 |
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| 24023. | Brandon (brego94) | 71.06 | 98% | 2017-02-24 |
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| 24025. | Kevin (gkpc) | 71.06 | 94% | 2015-03-11 |
| 24026. | Vivek (vivthang) | 71.06 | 96% | 2014-10-04 |
| 24027. | Amanda (uhmanduh) | 71.06 | — | 2011-04-04 |
| 24028. | Dustin (jebeidiah) | 71.06 | 98% | 2015-09-28 |
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| 24031. | Abel (belspeed) | 71.05 | 99% | 2024-03-31 |
| 24032. | San (shinchan_typeracer) | 71.05 | 95.1% | 2023-11-13 |
| 24033. | Rusty (rustyembers) | 71.05 | 87% | 2016-11-04 |
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